Head Start

Head Start and Early Head Start provide education, health, social, and nutrition services to economically disadvantaged young children and their families.

Highlights

Reports & Toolkits | A Strong Start Makes a Difference

September 13, 2013

Early Learning! Lots of people are talking about it and we wanted to hear from the educators and parents who regularly witness the powerful effects of high-quality early learning. We asked individuals across the country to tell us about their experiences and what early learning has meant to the children in their lives.

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Fact Sheet | Impact of Sequestration Cuts on Head Start, Child Care and Early Education: State and Local Examples

July 15, 2013

This chart summarizes the impact of the Sequestration cuts to early childhood programs in the states.

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Fact Sheet | Expand Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education for Infants and Toddlers

March 8, 2013

High-quality early care and education is essential for children in their earliest years of life when they are first learning and exploring, yet high-quality programs are in short supply.

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Fact Sheet | Head Start: Supporting Success for Children and Families

November 3, 2011

Head Start helps infants, toddlers, and preschoolers build the confidence and skills they need to succeed in school and to become the leaders, taxpayers, and productive citizens of the future. This fact sheet provides an overview of the program, describes how it supports children and their families, and summarizes research on the program’s impacts.

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More Resources

Coalition Action Materials | Thank You Letter to Congress for Supporting Essential Programs for Women and Families

March 23, 2011

The Child Care and Early Learning Coalition sent a thank-you letter to Senators Mikulski, Murray, Gillibrand, Boxer, Feinstein, Shaheen, Hagan, Cantwell and Lautenberg, who during the floor debate on H.R. 1, spoke in support of essential programs that help women and children and specifically spoke in opposition to the proposed cuts to child care and Head Start.

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Coalition Action Materials | Head Start Researchers' Letter to Congress

March 10, 2011

Over two-hundred academic researchers signed-on to a letter to Congress on the importance of investing and sustaining funding for Head Start and Early Head Start.

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Fact Sheet | House Budget Bill Would Make Deep Cuts in Head Start and Child Care

February 23, 2011

H.R. 1, the House-passed bill that sets federal spending levels for the rest of FY 2011, makes significant cuts in Head Start and Early Head Start and the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), our key federal early learning investments.

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Coalition Action Materials | Op-Ed Template on Early Childhood Funding

February 18, 2011

Submit an op-ed to local newspapers, both large and small, about the importance of sustaining and maintaining funding for early childhood programs by using this template. Please make sure to refer to the state by state chart on the total number of children at risk for losing child care slots to tailor this op-ed for your state.

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Fact Sheet | Estimated Number of Head Start Children Cut from House CR by State

February 17, 2011

This fact sheet breaks down by state the estimated number of children cut from the Head Start program in H.R. 1, the bill recently introduced by House Republican leadership.

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